Garment-support.



PATENTED JAN. 15, 1907.

R. MAN'GHA.

GARMENT SUPPORT. 1

APPLIOATION FILED SEPT.5.1905.

FIEI.

UNITED STATES ATNT FFICE.

RAYMOND MANCHA, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO MANCHA SHOW CASECOMPANY, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, A CORPORATION OF MICHIGAN.

GARMENT-SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 15, 1907.

Application filed September 5, 1905. Serial No. 277,098.

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, RAYMOND MANGHA, a citizen of the United States,residing at Detroit, in the county of l/Vayne and State of Michigan,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment-Supports,of which the following is a specification, reference being had thereinto the accompanying drawings.

The invention relates to garment-supports of that type which areespecially designed for use in clothescabinets' for the supporting ofthe individual garment-hangers; In general construction these supportscomprise a horizontally-arranged bar secured near the upper end of thecabinet and adapted to be drawn outward to a greater or less extent forthe en agement or disengagement of the individual hangers therefrom.

The present invention relates to a novel and improved constructionwhereby the supporting-rod may be drawn almost completely out of thecabinet, so that the hangers engaged therewith throughout the entirelength are rendered accessible. The construction is also one which issimple and inexpensive to manufacture and in which the individualhangers are not disturbed in the adjustment of the rod, as more fullyhereinafter set forth.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical cross-section through a portionof the cabinet to which my improvement is applied. Fig. 2 is a similarview illustrating the support drawn outward for the engagement ordisengagement of the hangers. Fig. 3 is an enlarged cross-section of thegarmentsupport.

A is a cabinet of any suitable construction.

B is a rail, preferably formed of a flat bar arranged on edge andextending horizontally in proximity to the top wall of the cabinet. Atits inner end this rail B is attached to the rear wall of the cabinet bythe fitting C and at its forward end is secured to the top of thecabinet by the hanger D.

E is the supporting-rod for the individual garment-hangers. This rod istubular and is provided at its outer end with a suitable knob or handlea and at its inner end with a collar or flange 1).

F is a rod of smaller diameter, upon which the tubular rod E is sleevedso as to have a telescopic engagement therewith. The rod F is providedat its rear end with a traveling l hanger G, preferably provided Withthe antifriction rolls cand d, which are grooved and respectively engagethe upper and lower edges of the rail B.

H is a second traveling hanger, similar to the hanger G, and likewiseprovided with antifriction-rolls c and d. This hanger H forms a secondsupport for the rod F; but in order that it may not interfere witheither the telescopic movement of the tube E or the individualclothes-hangers engaged therewith the shank of the hanger H is curved,as at a, so as to pass around at one side and beneath the rods E and F.The shank is then provided with an upward extension f, which passesthrough a longitudinal slot 9 in the tube E and engages the rod F.

I is a brace-rod connecting the hangers G and H above the rods E and F.

With the construction described the travcling hangers G and H arecapable of movement upon the rail B so as to permit the rods F and E tobe withdrawn from the cabinet for a portion of their length. Themovement is not, however, suflicient to entirely withdraw these rods,and preferably is only about one-half the length thereof, therebypermitting a sufficient spacing of the two hangers H and G to afford asuitable support. To withdraw the rod E, it is slid telescopically uponthe rod F for a distance also preferably about one-half its length, andthus it remains sufficiently in engagement with the rod F to insurerigidity, while at the same time it'is almost completely withdrawn fromthe cabinet.

What I claim as my invention is 1. A garment-support comprising ahorizontally-extending rail, telescopically-engaging rods beneath saidrail, a traveling hanger engaging said rail and connected with one endof the inner rod, and a second traveling hanger engaging said rail andseparated from the first hanger, and the second hanger being bent aroundthe side and beneath said telescopic rods and extending upward intosupporting engagement with the inner rod through a longitudinal slot inthe outer rod.

2. A garment-hanger comprising a horizontally-extending rail and a pairof telescopically-engaging rods beneath the same, said rail and rodsbeing of substantially the same length, a traveling hanger engaging saidrail and connected with one end of the inner rod, a second hangerengaging said rail and also engaging said inner rod at a pointsubstantially midway between its ends, said last-mentioned hanger beingbent laterally to provide clearance at the side of said telescopic rodsand having a supporting engagement beneath the same, and the outer oneof said telescopic rods being longitudinally slotted to clear saidhanger.

3. A garment-hanger comprising a h0rizontally-eXtending rail, a pair ofseparated hangers engaging said rail, each comprising adownwardly-extending shank and antifriction-rolls journaled thereonarranged above and below the rail, a pair of telescopically-engagingrods beneath said rail, the inner rod being'connected at its end to oneof said hangers, a laterally-bent downward extension of theother hangerpassing around the side of said rods and beneath the same, having asupporting engagement with the inner rod and passing through alongitudinal slot in the outer rod, and a brace-rod connecting saidhangers above said telescopic rods.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnessesRAYMOND MANCHA. Witnesses:

JAMES P. BARRY, EDWARD D. AULT.

